Example sentences of "and [verb] [verb] [pers pn] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Edward retreated to Brussels , but in the winter of 1339–40 he achieved an important diplomatic success in Flanders when he persuaded James van Artevelde to enter into an alliance with him under which Artevelde recognized his title to the French throne and agreed to give him military aid . |
| 2 | ‘ The grounds for making action by a building society or associated body subject to investigation under the scheme must be that the action constitutes — ( a ) in the case of a building society , a breach of the society 's obligations under this Act , the rules or any other contract , or ( b ) in the case of an associated body , a breach of the associated body 's obligations under its rules ( if any ) or any contract , or ( c ) unfair treatment , or ( d ) maladministration , in relation to the complainant and has caused him pecuniary loss or expense or inconvenience . |
| 3 | This trip up country has been most valuable , and has convinced me that reconstruction must be our theme more than politics . |
| 4 | A distinctive prominence was given to mathematics — not least because its value in astronomy , navigation , architecture , and surveying gave it particular relevance to those training for missionary work overseas , or to those preparing for high military or government service . |
| 5 | He commiserated with Blair over his failure with certain seeds and promised to send him rare plants . |
| 6 | Charlton boss Lennie Lawrence made a mental note of the raw youngster and tried to sign him two seasons later . |
| 7 | At Beechgrove we have a well-established standard fuchsia , ‘ Dollar Princess ’ , with cerise sepals and a deep purple corolla , but Bill has done well in training a few new standards this summer and intends to give them early protection this year . |
| 8 | Remember that he will need Tryplase capsules with each meal , and resist giving him any titbits . |
| 9 | Guy supplied grimly , dropping a possessive kiss on her mouth , ‘ Since I arrived in St Lucia for a spell of solitary soul-searching , and an evil-tempered harpy with a mop of red hair and no clothes on leapt off my bed and started calling me rude names … ’ |
| 10 | The twins also began to see towards the end of the book that Piggy was very clever and started to show him some respect . |
| 11 | In the coils adjacent to his wrists he located the python 's cloaca and managed to give it one hell of a goosing . |
| 12 | And then later on , oh and then she was going to see room bookings and try to find me another dining hall cos I said it 's pretty late notice , and she said oh no , it 's a week and I thought well I had booked it two months ago . |
| 13 | All the same , Connor suggested to him privately that it might not be a bad idea for him to learn something about the art of self-defence , and offered to give him some lessons . |
| 14 | Prime Minister Chung announced on Dec. 11 that all US atomic weapons had been removed from South Korean soil , and offered to open US military bases to inspection by the North on condition that the North permitted simultaneous inspection of its own nuclear facilities . |
| 15 | To perform the tremolo picking part correctly you should use alternate picking , and aim to keep you right-hand wrist as relaxed as possible . |
| 16 | She 's somebody who comes to the door and tries to sell you some make-up and perfume and toys and things . |
| 17 | Lucy says ’ when George died I phoned my agent and said give me three weeks off to get over the physical shock . |
| 18 | They had been the more surprised when , at the age of 32 , she had married Sir Henry Berowne , apparently for less obvious qualities , and had given him two sons . |
| 19 | He said Mr Jackson later told him he had sold £1,600 worth of the furniture , including a desk , military chest and chair , and had promised him full payment . |
| 20 | I had asked the plumber to come and had reminded him several times and no doubt he would come in the end . |
| 21 | So , for example if somebody does reject a young man in a way that erm is n't appropriate in his eyes , he might then go around and start calling her all sorts of names and generally making other men think of her in bad way , and of course no eighteen year old woman wants young men to think badly of her , and so she puts pressure on herself not to reject advances too openly or too obviously or something like that , and the whole cycle starts again , and so and I think this is the sort of thing the college just can not have anything to do with , because that really is going too far , that 's interfering with the the one thing we could do , perhaps , is talk to the young women and make it clear that they do have the right to reject advances and that what they 've got to be concerned about whilst they 're at university is they 're academic career and making sure that that is n't affected by harassment . |
| 22 | In battle they believe so strongly in the power of the Orc gods Gork and Mork to protect them that enemy arrows and swords blows really can be deflected by the Orcs ' aura of self-generated arcane power . |
| 23 | So it seems to me that you can not do analysis in a group because by definition the ego of a person in a group is , is detracted from , whereas in individual psychoanalysis and ideally the ego of the person is added to and enlarged to give them more competence by being made to face up to its repressions . |
| 24 | Kumi ( 22 ) , said : ‘ Many people have heard and read what happened and have offered us all kinds of help . |
| 25 | I remembered him and suggested buying him some Gauloises . |
| 26 | At last , out of the silence , Moran noticed McQuaid 's glass was empty and attempted to pour him more whiskey . |
| 27 | There 's still some who want the shrieking , whirling dervish of the old Associates days and refuse to give him any credit for growing up and wanting to just get on with it . |
| 28 | In effect , he defines the climatic range of vegetation zones and proceeds to call them climatic zones . |
| 29 | Nigel had never seen the film and , as it was shown rather late , we had recorded it and intended to watch it that afternoon . |